Libby has had cakes from me in the past and this time asked me for a lemon cake decorated with bright sugar gerberas for her daughter’s birthday. When I delivered it she admitted that she was going to share it as it is her birthday too
Happy birthday to you both
Caroline called me from Oxfordshire and said she had been searching for the perfect rich fruit cake for her father in laws birthday. He is a very talented artist and she had been googling ideas and when she came across a picture of a cake I had done many years ago on this web page. She wanted an almost exact replica except with penguins (who knows?) and Sydney’s signature ‘S’ on the sides. Caroline sent her husband all the way down to the coast to collect it – I really hope that the birthday boy is pleased with it
Florence is celebrating a big birthday this month and this is one of the two cakes I helped her with. Florence’s neice made the fruit cake and the marzipan which I used to cover it. Then I iced it and applied the edible printed border that is round the edge (no, I didn’t paint it). But I did make the sugar poppies and cornflowers to go on the top and matched the print on Florence’s lovely dress.
Happy birthday Florence
I made a cake for Marilyn’s birthday a little while ago and now she wants one for her husband Mike. He was in the police force, has a lovely black Labrador and his Land Rover is his pride and joy. So an eclectic mix of sugar models to celebrate his 70th birthday on top of a proper old fashioned rich fruit cake
I made some flowers for Sue’s wedding cake a couple of years ago, she rang me again to ask for a cake for her grandsons birthday. Just a simple vanilla sponge with jam and buttercream filling inside this number one
Martin’s favourite cake is a Black Forest gateau and his favourite thing to do is play golf. So for his 80th birthday lunch Sue asked me to make a proper squishy gateau with chocolate ganache, cherries and cream, on top of which I made a sugar 80 shaped like a tiny golf course. I hope it ticked all the boxes Martin.
Casey contacted me again for Orans birthday cake. A vanilla sponge filled with jam and piped in buttercream. Plenty of cake here to feed a football team
Noah loves the Julia Donaldson book ‘Tiddler’ and Lucy asked me to make his third birthday cake featuring the characters from the story. Inside is a jam and buttercream layered sponge and all around are Tiddler and his fishy companions. I have three grandchildren under four, all of them discerning Donaldson fans and I was relieved when all of them instantly recognised the theme of the cake from this photo.. phew!
Happy Birthday Noah
Theo is 7 and was having an archery themed party this year. His mum asked for a chocolate layer cake with an archery target on the top with as many organic ingredients as possible. A nice easy one.. once we had made the arrows..
Francesca has been dreaming of a totally chocolate cake for her 18th birthday. It has become something of a family joke that when the time came it would be chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate. So here we are, a chocolate sponge, covered in chocolate buttercream and crumbled flake, piled high with chocolate sweets. Even the board is covered in chocolate buttons. I really hope that this scratched the itch Francesca, Happy birthday.
Cakes on Sea 